4 Well Dressings around the town.

- On the Market place

- St. Anns Well on the Crescent

- Spring Gardens where it meats the Quadrant

- In the pump room opposite St. Anns Crescent (Limited Access due to opening times)

The well dressing week is a very busy week for Buxton with extra events at many locations (normally including a fun-fair on the Market place)

The blessing of the water supply, in the form of a well is an ancient ceremony dating back to the Celts or even earlier.

It is only found in or near Derbyshire.

Well Dressing is the art of decorating springs or wells with pictures made of natural products.

Clay is pressed into boards, then the picture is traced onto the clay using a pointer. Then comes the delicate task of infilling with flower petals and other natural materials.

Each petal has to be put in separately and they overlap like tiles on a roof so that rain will flow off the picture. This process takes many hours and usually occupies most of the week prior to the well being dressed.